Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

French startup StarOfService just raised another $10 million for its European Thumbtack alternative. Andrea Piccioni and Silvio Pagliani, ENERN Investments and Point Nine Capital participated in today’s round, as well as various business angels. When I first covered StarOfService, the company didn’t even try to hide from me that it was a Thumbtack copycat. The main difference is… Read More... →

AdStage announced today that it has raised an additional $2 million from Verizon Ventures. The company offers tools for businesses to manage their ad campaigns across Facebook, Google, Bing and elsewhere, and it says it’s currently managing $100 million in quarterly ad spend. CEO Sahil Jain recently told me that his goal is to create a broader marketing platform including content… Read More... →

Grab, the largest company rivaling Uber in Southeast Asia, has confirmed that it has raised $750 million in fresh capital. This is the company’s Series F round, and it was led by existing investor SoftBank with participation from undisclosed existing and new backers, Grab said. Read More... →

I’d like to tip my imaginary hat off to Jessica O. Matthews, the black female founder and CEO of renewable energy tech startup Uncharted Play. Her company just closed a $7 million Series A round led by the NIC Fund with participation from Kapor Capital, Magic Johnson Enterprises, BBG Ventures and Lingo Ventures. Read More... →

Компания TMT Investments, фонд Terrapin Partners  и нескольких бизнес-ангелов инвестировали $1 млн в мобильную платформу для корпоративных коммуникаций APPrise Mobile. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде. Привлеченные средства будут использованы для продолжения разработки ключевых продуктов, а так же форсирования усилий в сфере продаж и маркетинга APPrise Mobile – мобильная платформа, которая позволяет организовывать и распространять информацию внутри компании, без разработки отдельного приложения. У компании д... →

Waterloo’s Thalmic Labs has raised a new $120 million (U.S.) Series B round from investors including Intel Capital, The Amazon Alexa Fund and Fidelity Investments Canada. The fresh funding will add considerably to the company’s coffers, and should help it with its goal of expanding its product line beyond the original Myo armband it currently offers. Thalmic’s Myo is a… Read More... →

Управляющий партнер венчурного фонда Founder Collective Эрик Пейли написал колонку для издания TechCrunch. В ней он рассказал о том, почему основателям компании не выгодно привлекать крупные инвестиции и искусственно увеличивать стоимость бизнеса. Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод материала.... →

DueCourse, a cloud-based invoice financing service for SMEs, has raised £6.25 million in new funding. Read More... →

Cheap and accessible capital has advantages: More founders get to pursue big dreams and previously “unfundable companies” not only raise huge amounts of money, but some achieve unicorn status. Discussions about the downside of this trend are usually about systemic risks, but few are discussing the problem as it relates to founders — but who is bearing this risk and what really… Read More... →

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There’s another round for an artificial intelligence startup in Asia that’s focused on e-commerce. Fresh from a Sequoia-led investment in Mad Street Den, Singapore-based ViSenze has closed a $10.5 million Series B raise. Read More... →

Large manufacturers of high-tech products, from luxury vehicles to elastomers and resins, have lined up to invest in and partner with Carbon 3D Inc., the Redwood City, Calif. company known for its rapid, 3-D printing technologies. The three-year-old startup added $81 million in venture funding to its Series C round, from strategic investors including BMW Group, GE, Nikon and JSR Corp., and… Read More... →

Looks like that was fast.  According to a report published this afternoon by CNBC, former Google GV CEO Bill Maris is talking with investors about raising his own fund, with “preliminary plans” to raise between $350 million and $500 million. We haven’t been able to confirm the report just yet; we hope to update this post shortly. Maris founded GV, formerly known as… Read More... →

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Cloud-based collaboration tool Frame.io has raised $10M in Series A funding led by Accel, with participation from SignalFire, FirstMark Capital, and Shasta Ventures. Actor Jared Leto, who was a seed investor in the company, has also invested in the Series A as well as actor Kevin Spacey. Frame.io is a collaboration tool for video creators and compares themselves to a InVision or Github… Read More... →

Canva, a design platform for web and mobile that gives anyone the ability to make professional graphics, without needing an advanced skill set, today announced a new infusion of $15 million in funding and a doubling of its valuation in 12 months. Previously valued at $165 million, the added capital brings Canva’s valuation up to $345 million, the company says. Canva closed on its Series… Read More... →

Начинающие предприниматели смогут получить помощь в масштабировании бизнеса и привлечь инвестиции на развитие... →

Начинающие предприниматели смогут получить помощь в масштабировании бизнеса и привлечь инвестиции на развитие... →

Лучшие проекты получат инвестиции в размере 20 млн рублей.... →

Лучшие проекты получат инвестиции в размере 20 млн рублей.... →